CVE-2026-98604 PUBLISHED

ovpn: replace bind when learning local endpoint

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ovpn: replace bind when learning local endpoint

struct ovpn_bind is published through peer->bind with RCU, but local endpoint learning updates bind->local in place under peer->lock. UDP TX reads the field without that lock. In particular, a concurrent IPv6 update can therefore result in a torn address read.

Use ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr to publish a replacement bind when learning a new local endpoint, just as a remote endpoint change does. Preserve the current remote address and reset the dst cache only after the new bind has been published successfully.

Track remote endpoint changes separately so that float notification and transport-address rehashing remain limited to actual peer floats.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from f0281c1d3732d1ec084fa1e06d1767d33e1a570e to 21dbc9f4d0bdd3b22f91beabc7840064bf11594f (excl.)
  • affected from f0281c1d3732d1ec084fa1e06d1767d33e1a570e to e283009151d3d131447c2edda500199c5fda5f72 (excl.)
  • affected from f0281c1d3732d1ec084fa1e06d1767d33e1a570e to aea934a221ec6a867221e5b765f65f1857befd53 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.16 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.16 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.55 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.9 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc5 to * (incl.)

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